If you are acquainted with the RS3, you will immediately find stark similarities of its cabinet design of the RS5. And the RS5 being a side firing system, you shouldn't bother about its placement at least.

We've never had the chance to listen to one of England's prideful auclio manufacturers, namely Rega, who've had a good 20 years of manufacturing in both the audio and visual departments. They've earned a reputation for themselves in the auclio industry as the guys who pack the densest power into compressed floorstanders. A good example of this is their RSS towers, a cherry finished woody pair that doesn't look like much power has been cramped into them. But isn't that the art Rega has mastered?

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OUT OF THE BOX
The RSSs are boxy looking speakers with enough additions to its aesthetics to make it stand out from the rest of the boxy looking speakers on the shelves. The deep bass port sticks out like a sore thumb on the cabinet's front baffle primarily due to the lengthy distance between the drivers at the very top and the port and the extreme bottom. This, by no means, 'sores' the looks ofthis pair, but rather lends it a touch of contemporariness. Underneath the port is a folded-up section of the base that seems to have a sturdy grip on the towers. The side panel houses a side firing woofer that does seem asymmetrically placed on the top half of the cabinet; however, if you leave its grille on, you will notice that the bottom of the grille marks the half-way mark of the cabinet. And leaving the grilles on would be best even for the front facing drivers as they aren't much to look at as far as cone material and bracing is concerned.